30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought ^dtrouble on me by ^emaking me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”

4 And all Israel heard it said that Saul had defeated the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become a stench to the Philistines. And the people were called out to join Saul at Gilgal.

12 And Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel; therefore he shall always be my servant.”

6 When the Ammonites saw that they had become a ^sstench to David, the Ammonites sent and hired the Syrians of ^tBeth-rehob, and the Syrians of ^uZobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of ^vMaacah with 1,000 men, and the men of ^wTob, 12,000 men.

21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, ^m“Go in to your father’s concubines, ⁿwhom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

6 When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents¹ of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from ^uZobah.